b) being video, they're _large_. Even with the tradeoff to low quality,
they're still disk hogs. If you've got a (so-called) 56k modem connection,
figure on four minutes per megabyte of transfer. So have a cup of coffee
ready....

(0) *special*. not video, but scanned in images. The 2001 issue of
"flatline", the unique NYC EMS newsletter.

(1) NYC's channel 7 (wabc-tv) ran a clip 25-May-2001 discussing NYC-EMS
radio policy problems. Management has shut off the "mixer" (also called a
repeater) meaning that EMS crews can no longer hear each other when
they're talking. In most emergency agencies this is considered a *bad*
idea since you usually *want* everyone to know where their coworkers are.

(2) NYC's channel 7 (wabc-tv) ran a clip 08-May-2001 asking why amiodarone
(Cardarone [tm]) wasn't available on most NYC 911 ambulances. Includes
ride along with private crew from MetroCare (hi Steve!) that carried it.
(about 1/2 of NYC's EMS response is by municpal workers, the rest by
contracters. The City doesn't use it, some of the others do).

(22) ch 4 wnbc-tv NYC 23-Mar-2001. During an earlier report (soon to come
to a web server near you) of *big* problems with the new FDNY
(firefighting, not EMS) radios, Commissioner Von Essen claimed these
radios had been used in Chicago and Boston. In this four minute clip on
channel 4, the reporter interviewed reps from both cities who vehemently
denied it.

footnote: some of the larger clips on on a separate ftp server
which may occassionally be offline when needed for other activity. If you
get a "server unavailable" or similar error msg, simply try again a bit
later